It seems as if just about every electronic product we buy these days comes with a software CD/DVD. Sometimes it’s no more than a digital version of the product manual – paper manuals are quickly disappearing from the packages, although prices don’t seem to be coming down to reflect the savings of not printing and binding them – and other times, the software is vital to making the product work. Often, it adds some sort of functionality. more...
A coalition of security experts, led by the SANS Institute, wants to do just that. No, they aren’t trying to do it through government legislation (at least, not yet), but rather by including that responsibility in contract terms. The premise is that most attacks use programming mistakes (vulnerabilities) and that the software companies should be legally liable for those mistakes. more...
We’re always hearing that Internet Explorer is insecure, that you should switch to Firefox or Chrome or “anything else” if you want to be safe. Some folks have been parroting that line for years, and don’t even bother to keep up with the security advances that Microsoft has made in recent iterations of the web browser. more...
If your organization is running Internet Explorer on Windows 2000, Windows XP and/or Windows Server 2003, be aware that Microsoft recently issued a security advisory regarding a reported vulnerability in VBScript that can be exploited for the purpose of remote code execution via a malicious web site. It takes advantage of the way VBScript interacts with Windows Help files when you’re using IE. The exploit would require that the user press the F1 key while on the web site. more...
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